Shutter-life|Adaptive photography and more, by Henrik Johansson

I’m not worried at all, originally uploaded by henrikj.

I found this old wind mill between Livermore and Tracy, close to the Altamont Speedway. I first started to photograph an abandoned and rusty water truck at the base of the wind mill. Just before leaving, I decided to also shoot the wind mill. However, my only lens was the 100/2.8 maco and it was mounted on my old Canon 40D, giving me a focal length equal to 160mm (my other stuff was in the car, on the other side of a fence). Because of the focal length I was unable to get the full wind mil into the frame, even when I walked back quite a distance.

Even though the afternoon light was pleasant, I decided to enhance it a bit in the post processing. To get a somewhat more golden tone, I used the split toning functionality in Lightroom/Camera RAW. A highlight value of about 50 corresponds very well to the last rays of the sun, resulting in a nice golden tone. I also added a subtle and a bit more red tone to the shadows. For sunset shots, you can also increase the color temperature to get a warmer feeling.

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